[jQuery] Re: Understanding JQuery/Javascript.

2008-11-07 Thread Balazs Endresz
$.fn.extend extends $.fn if you pass only one parameter. It's useful if you're adding more methods (plugins) but if you just want to add a single plugin it's the same as $.fn.tablesorterPager = function(){ ... } Accordingly $.extend extends $, which is the same as $.tablesorterPager=function(){ .

[jQuery] Re: Understanding JQuery/Javascript.

2008-11-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It merges the new function into jQuery, meaning you can then apply all of the library's methods to it. Try http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Authoring if you haven't yet seen it. I often write tiny add-ons in basic style, eg function menutoggle () { do stuff }; But these only serve one purpose; they